‘White on White’

Snow was falling onto snow-covered ground —and a snow-covered runway — at Presque Isle (Maine, U.S.) International Airport when the pilots of an Embraer EMB145XR expressed confusion about their position but continued the descent, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The airplane struck snow-covered grass next to the runway, leaving three of the 31 people on board with minor injuries.

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